C-Ville Weekly Explained

C-Ville Weekly
Type:Alternative weekly
Format:Berliner
Foundation:1989
Price:Free
Publisher:Portico Publications Ltd
Editor:Cathryn Harding[1]
Staff:24+
Circulation:24,000[2]
Headquarters:C-ville Weekly
308 East Main Street
Charlottesville, Virginia
Oclc:31820304

The C-Ville Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper distributed around Charlottesville, Virginia. Dubbing itself "Charlottesville's News & Arts Weekly," in 2001, the newspaper made over $100,000 in profits.

In 2013 C-ville Weekly and other local newspaper Charlottesville Tomorrow entered a content sharing agreement with intent to improve journalism on education.[3]

In June 2020 the newspaper laid off staff.[4] The remaining journalism team was two reporters, a part-time editor, and a budget to hire a copy editor as needed.[5] [6]

History

Hawes Spencer and Bill Chapman founded the paper as a bi-weekly in 1989.

In January 2002 newspaper owners Bill Chapman and Rob Jiranek dismissed Hawes Spencer as editor of C-Ville Weekly.[7] In response Spencer and some other C-ville Weekly staff founded competing newspaper, The Hook.[7] Cathryn Harding became editor in January 2002.[8]

In 2011 the parent companies which owned C-ville Weekly and the Hook merged, re-uniting publications which had common origins.[9]

In 2018 the arts and living reporter for Cville Weekly remarked that after the 2017 Unite the Right rally, there was more community support for journalism on local people of color.[10]

References

  1. Web site: CVille Information Staff. 2011-03-05.
  2. Web site: Cville Distribution and Rates. 2011-03-05.
  3. Web site: Charlottesville Tomorrow . Charlottesville Tomorrow & C-VILLE Weekly partner on education initiative . Charlottesville Tomorrow . 29 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Tripp . Mike . More News, But Fewer Reporters: Local Papers Lay Off Or Furlough Staff . WMRA and WEMC . en . 2 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Cville Weekly unexpectedly lays-off staff . www.cbs19news.com . . en . June 9, 2020.
  6. Web site: C-VILLE Weekly newspaper lays off a third of its small staff . nbc29.com . . en . June 10, 2020.
  7. Web site: Wharton . Seth . Ousted C*Ville Editor Starting New Weekly • Association of Alternative Newsmedia . Association of Alternative Newsmedia . 28 January 2002.
  8. Web site: Loper . George Edward . Signs of the Times - C-Ville Weekly-Satisfying Your Urban Instinct . george.loper.org . April 2003.
  9. Web site: Jaquith . Waldo . Portico Publications and Better Publications Merge . cvillenews.com . April 12, 2011.
  10. Web site: Q&A: Erin O'Hare, C-Ville Weekly . Virginia Press Association . 21 November 2018.

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